The West's Most Important Ally: Islam's Dissidents

Today a new Iron Curtain has been erected by Islam against the rest of the world, and the new heroes are the dissidents, the apostates, the rebels, the non-believers and the heretics.

This rapidly growing army of Muslim dissidents is the best liberation movement for millions of Muslims who aspire to practice their faith peacefully without submitting to the dictates of fundamentalists and fanatics.

They are alone against all. Against Islamism which uses Kalashnikovs and against an intellectual terrorism which submits them to media intimidation. Seen as "traitors" by their communities, they are accused by the élites in the West of "stigmatizing."

We should support them -- all of them. Some of the bravest defenders of freedom come from the Islamic regimes. Europe should give financial, moral and political support to these friends of Western civilization, while our disgraced intelligentsia is engaged in slandering them.

Islam, warned the best-selling Algerian novelist, Boualem Sansal, is going to split European society. In an interview with German media, this brave Arab writer painted a vision of Europe subjugated by radical Islam. According to Sansal, the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels are directed at the Western way of life: "You can not even defeat the weak Arab states, so they have brought in fifth columns to bring the West to destroy itself. If they succeed society will fall."

Mr. Sansal, who has been threatened with death, belongs to a rapidly growing army of Muslim dissidents. They are the best liberation movement for millions of Muslims who aspire to practice their faith peacefully without submitting to the dictates of fundamentalists and fanatics. These Muslim dissidents pursue freedom of conscience, interreligious coexistence, pluralism in the public sphere, criticism of Islam, and respect for the rule of common law. For the Islamic world, their message could be devastating. That is why the Islamists are hunting them down.

It is always individuals, such as Lech Walesa, who make all the difference. The Soviet Union was defeated by only three beings: Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II -- and the dissidents. When Professor Robert Havemann died in East Germany, few people noticed it. This intrepid critic of the regime was confined under house arrest in Grünheide, guarded by the Stasi. But the old professor never allowed himself to be intimidated. He continued to fight for his ideas.

A hero of Czechoslovak anti-Communism, Jan Patočka, died under grueling police interrogation. Patočka paid the highest price of silencing. His brilliant lectures were reduced to a clandestine seminar. Although unable to publish, he continued to work in a tiny underground apartment.

Hunted by the KGB, Alexander Solzhenitsyn set down the chapters of his Gulag Archipelago and hid them with different trusted friends, so no one possessed the entire manuscript. In 1973 only three copies existed. When the Soviet political police managed to extort the typist, Elizaveta Voronyanskya, to one of the hideouts, thinking the masterpiece was lost forever she hanged herself.

Today a new Iron Curtain has been erected by Islam against the rest of the world, and the new heroes are the dissidents, the apostates, the heretics, the rebels, and the non-believers. It is no coincidence that the first victim of a fatwa was Salman Rushdie, an Indian-British writer from a Muslim family.

Pascal Bruckner called them "the free thinkers of the Muslim world." We should support them -- all of them. Because if the enemies of freedom come from free societies, those who kneel before Allah's enforcers, some of the bravest defenders of freedom come from the Islamic regimes. Europe should give financial, moral and political support to these friends of Western civilization, while our disgraced intelligentsia is engaged in slandering them.

One, an Algerian author, Kamel Daoud, who called Saudi Arabia "an Isis that had made it," recently sparked an "Islamophobia" row for having directed his own anger at the naïve people, who he says ignore the cultural gulf separating the Arab-Muslim world from Europe.

Another brave dissident and author, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, had to flee from the Netherlands to the U.S., where she rapidly became one of most prominent public intellectuals.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a brave Muslim dissident and author, had to flee from the Netherlands to the U.S., where she rapidly became one of most prominent public intellectuals. (Image source: Gage Skidmore)

The Moroccan mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, is also guarded by police. He recently told fellow Muslims who protested against freedoms they found while living in the West to "pack your bags and f... off." A heroic Christian defender of these freedoms in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, is now on trial accused of "discrimination." "I am in jail," he has said, referring to his safehouses, "and they are walking around free."

Many of these dissidents are women. Shukria Barakzai, an Afghan politician and journalist, declared war on Islamic fundamentalists after the Taliban's religious police beat her for daring to walk without a male escort. A suicide bomber blew himself up near her car, killing three. Kadra Yusuf, a Somali journalist, infiltrated Oslo's mosques to denounce the imams, especially regarding female genital mutilation, not even required in the Koran or the Hadith (reports about Mohammad). In Pakistan, Sherry Rehman called for "a reform of Pakistani blasphemy's laws." She risks her life every day. She is branded by Islamists "fit to be killed" for being a woman, a Muslim and a secular activist. The Syrian-American author and psychiatrist, Wafa Sultan, was also branded an "infidel" deserving of death.

Le Figaro recently published a long report about Muslim French personalities threatened with "execution". "Placed under permanent police protection, regarded as traitors by Muslim fundamentalists, they live in a hell. In the eyes of Islamists, their freedom is an act of betrayal of the ummah [community]." They are writers and journalists of Arab-Muslim culture who denounce the Islamist threat and the inherent violence of the Koran. They stand alone against Islamism which uses the physical terrorism of Kalashnikovs, and against the intellectual terrorism which submits them to media intimidation. Seen as "traitors" by their communities, they are accused by the élites in the West of "stigmatizing."

The French journalist Zineb El Rhazoui has more bodyguards than many ministers in the government of Manuel Valls, and for security, has to change houses in Paris often in recent months. For this young scholar, born in Casablanca and who works at the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, walking down the street in Paris has become unthinkable. A fatwa put out after January 7, 2015 reads: "Kill Zineb El Rhazoui to avenge the Prophet."

Threats against another dissident, Nadia Remadna, do not come from Raqqa, Syria, but her own city: Sevran, in Seine-Saint-Denis. They reflect the growing influence of Islamists in the lost territories of the French Republic. What "crime" was she found guilty of? She created the "Brigade of Mothers" to combat the Islamist influence on young Muslims.

A philosophy teacher, Sofiane Zitouni, has also quit his job at a Muslim French school over "insidious Islamism."

The French-Algerian journalist, essayist and author of several investigations into Islamist circles, Mohamed Sifaoui, is the victim of a double threat. He is a prime target for both fundamentalists and the "tolerant" grand inquisitors. Sentenced to two years in prison by the Algerian regime for "press offenses," then harassed by Islamists, Sifaoui requested asylum in France in 1999 and has never set foot in Algeria again. Since then, Sifaoui has seen his picture and name next to the words "le mourtad," the apostate, on Islamist websites, meaning that he is targeted for death. French police protection around him has been total since 2006, when he defended freedom of expression for the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.

Also in France, Hassen Chalghoumi, the courageous imam of Drancy, preaches while wearing a bullet-proof vest. When he goes out on the street, he is accompanied by five police officers with semiautomatic weapons. This is not outside Baghdad's Green Zone; this is in the heart of Paris. Chalghoumi backed the ban on burkas; made an unprecedented visit at Jerusalem's Holocaust memorial; paid tribute to the victims of Charlie Hebdo and favored a dialogue with French Jews.

In Italy, an Egyptian-born writer, Magdi Cristiano Allam, is protected by bodyguards for having criticized political Islam. As the deputy editor of Italy's leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera, Mr. Allam published a book whose title alone was enough to endanger his life: "Viva Israele."

Ibn Warraq lives protected behind a pseudonym since writing a seminal book, "Why I am Not a Muslim."

The Palestinian blogger Walid Husayin is also a rarity. Jailed for "satirizing the Koran, he recently published a book in France about his experience in the Palestinian territories, where his "atheism" nearly cost him his life.

In Tunisia there are a handful of filmmakers and intellectuals who fight for freedom of expression, especially after a secular opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, was assassinated. Also Nadia El Fani, the director of "Ni Allah ni maître" ["Neither Allah nor Master"], and Nabil Karoui, the manager of Nessma TV, are threatened with death and are being taken to court to answer charges of "blasphemy." If Tunisia's "Arab spring" did not turn into an Islamist winter, as elsewhere, it is largely thanks to these dissidents.

Those heroes know what happened to their predecessors in "the war on Arab intellectuals." Writers such as Tahar Djaout were killed in 1993 by the Islamists in Algiers, as was the journalist, Farag Foda, famous for his sharp satires on Islamic fundamentalism. Prior to his murder, Foda had been accused of "blasphemy" by the great mosque of al-Azhar. A dozen Bangladeshi bloggers have also been murdered in cold blood by Islamists for the "crime" of "secularism."

Last year, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al- Sisi called for reforming Islam and the way it is taught as did Sunni Islam's leading cleric, Sheikh Ahmed al Tayeb, head of Cairo's al-Azhar University, the center of Sunni Islam. And he said it in Mecca, no less. Egypt's conservatives however did their best to tamp that down – at least for the moment.

There are, however, more and more dissidents successfully speaking out and leading bold, farsighted movements. In the U.S., M. Zuhdi Jasser, author of "A Battle for the Soul of Islam," and a practising physician, founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. Last year, more than two dozen Muslim personalities promoted an appeal "to embrace a pluralistic interpretation of Islam, rejecting all forms of oppression and abuses committed in the name of religion."

In Canada, Raheel and Sohail Raza founded "Muslims Facing Tomorrow," and there is the outspoken Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Salim Mansur.

In the U.K., Maajid Nawaz heads the influential Quilliam Foundation, and Shiraz Maher, who defected from the Islamist organization, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, now serves as a Senior Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College London.

These are just a few of today's heroes. Some had to be left out; there were too many to list.

The proud and painful resistance of these "Allah's rebels" is one of the most beautiful testaments of our times. These "Allah's rebels" are also the only real hope of reform for the Islamic world -- and of preserving freedom for all of us.

Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author.

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30 Reader Comments

B.V.A. • Aug 20, 2016 at 06:31

I agree that brave ex-Muslims, who give Islam the harsh critique it deserves, are a treasure of humanity. They have all my support. However, I find it disturbing that this article also applauds a lot of Muslims just for criticizing more devout (usually called "radical") fellow Muslims. Many ex-Muslims, like the fabulous Mosab Hassan Yousef, have faced "moderate" Muslims with the responsibilities they refuse to take, calling them either apathic or uninformed (see eg. https://sonofhamas.wordpress.com/.../an-open-letter-to.../), and have pointed out how fundamentally rooted the problem is in Islam, all of Islam (see eg. "the problem is in the god of Islam" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak4Q7gn9x4Y&t=1m9s, or Wafa Sultan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2NGpIUe70&t=16m33s ).

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Plamen • Jun 16, 2016 at 10:03

Bravo, Giulio!Keep on!

One more, from Turkey:Serkan Engin:Why Islam is worse that Nazismhttp://paperboatsofpoetry.blogspot.bg/2014_04_01_archive.html?m=1+20+Nisan+2014+PazarIslam and the Christian Genocides in Turkeyhttp://gatesofvienna.net/2016/04/islam-and-the-christian-genocides-in-turkey/

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comment • Jun 15, 2016 at 06:42

The author of this article brings, more or less unnecessarily, about Jan Patočka and Alexander Solzhenitsyn (and the 'iron curtain' of Communism that existed till about 1990) into the article on Islam. While I condemn torture/'hunting'/killing of the two anti Communists as well as other victims of the Communist rule, as an economic policy, Socialism (but may not be Communism) is justifiable.

It's the duty of a civilized world to provide equal opportunities for all. The amassing of an almost infinite wealth by a few is unacceptable. Let them (the wealthy) work and receive their dues. If someone contributes substantially to the world/society in the form of, say, art, science/technological invention, let him/her do so and get pay and incentives. But not billions. For that matter, almost all of the super-rich aren't science greats. Unless wages/incentives are in proper range, how can one guarantee (almost) equal opportunities?

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Harvey • Jun 13, 2016 at 09:35

The cowardly majority of politicians should support these people fully, by remaining silent they show their complicity.

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William Russell • Jun 13, 2016 at 09:00

Islam must abandon sharia law and all its precepts including dimminitude and it must stop discrediting all other religions before it can become acceptable in a civilized world. Islam cannot continue as a religion of hate.

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jeb • Jun 13, 2016 at 08:39

Most Americans including our leadership don't seem to know the difference between the Arab revolt, Arab uprisings, "Awakenings" the Arab Spring, and Jihad. Education is so bad in Islamic nations they don't seem to know either. Liberals are the worst and ignoring the important differences. They promoted the Arab Spring as a College centered intellectual movement that was a socialist awakening. When it became violent they glossed over the intent to turn it into a Jihad and characterized it as a socialist revolution. And still do.

My experience with "Muslim intellectuals" is that many influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood if not in fact members carefully insist that dialectics is the prime mover. I recently reread an article for the Small Wars Journal that pretty much came out of the same dialectical claim that the "Jihadi's" have pretty much run their course. The problem of course is that what we take away from Orlando? And is the Muslim Brotherhood really a progressive dialectical defined organization that does not have Islam and socialism on its banner as one inseparable cause? I don't think we are anywhere near the 100 years the "Jihadis" claim they are committed to to see their "Jihad" succeed. No is Iran anywhere nearer to becoming an enlightened Islamic revolutionary socialist state.

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stevenl • Jun 12, 2016 at 22:40

So far the West has shown either a lack of interest or simply contempt for the moderate of dissident Muslims!!!

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Rob • Jun 12, 2016 at 18:17

Hello my dear friends at the religion of peace. I was looking at converting and decided against it because if I was to ever leave Islam, I would then potentially be killed much like if one joined a gang and never being able to leave. I like the food and I especially like hummus but I can still eat the food without converting.

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Nissim Levy • Jun 12, 2016 at 17:55

Thank you Mr. Meotti for this and other articles and Thanks to You all proud and brave Muslims for pushing into good reforms in order to preserve the culture of Islam which it is part of our human culture.

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Eric Jan Kamp • Jun 12, 2016 at 16:03

There are many "dissidents" of Islam. Mr Meotti could have also mentioned Ali Ahmed Said Esher, or Wafa Sultan. The German dissidents Imad Karim, or Hamed Abdel Samad, and many many other courageous men and women.

I wouldn't have mentioned Sheik El Tayyeb. He called for the destruction of Israel and the killing of all Jews. When in 2011 Pope Benedict decried terrorism and the strategy of violence against Christians by Muslims, Ahmed El Tayyeb was furious. He railed at Benedict for his interference in Egypt's affairs and interrupted Vatican contact. El Tayyeb also refused to denounce as "un-Islamic" the words and deeds of members of the Islamic State, impliciting by that the violent nature of Islam, and so confuting Obama, Cameron, Hollande and Bergoglio. With Pope Francis El Tayyeb feels again comfortable, and prone to resume "interfaith" dialogue, because of Bergoglio's open borders ideology and his sacred silence about the oppression, violence and murder of Christians by Muslims.

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William Harden • Jun 12, 2016 at 15:52

Suicide bombing, repression of women, and myths of 72 virgins do not appear in the Koran.
They are a creation of the Wahhabi party who took over Saudi Arabia in 1975.Imagine an America taken over by the KKK and you will get the idea of how a smaller group can destroy the reputation of any group of people as well as cause a vast amount of damage to the world.If a young man somewhere is being told why he must strap on a suicide vest, or grab an AK-47 to kill people, he is a victim and the people teaching him a Wahhabis.The most curious thing is the way our president, CIA, and our news media refuse to use the word Wahhabi of Islamic Extremist.

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Neal • Jun 12, 2016 at 15:32

Hat's off to Giulio Meotti for having written and credited Islam's dissidents for taking a stand against extremism. The peace loving world needs a lot more of them.

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Shubal Neal • Jun 14, 2016 at 19:54

What silly wishful thinking. You plan to reform the words of the god Allah? What is this 2003? Islam is not mutable, it cannot reform, it can only destroy or be destroyed.

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Podargus • Jun 12, 2016 at 15:03

Giulio, don't hold your breath waiting for reform from within Islam. This mad regressive theology/ideology has been contaminating the Earth for 1400 years with zero signs of progress.

Like any dangerous disease it has to be identified,isolated and controlled not invited into your home like you lot have done.

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Lia • Jun 12, 2016 at 14:07

Thank you, Sir, for telling us about all these wonderfully brave people and their books and articles. I've read some of their writings, but now we have more to refer to.

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Ron Thompson • Jun 12, 2016 at 13:33

[Written after the emerging news that one man, overwhelmingly likely to have been a "radical" Muslim, has successfully killed 50 people and wounded more than 50 others in Orlando, Fl]

While I whole-heartedly salute the bravery and integrity of soul of the numerous individuals named, I must note the political muddle-headedness of some of them.

"Enlightened Islam vs obscurantist Islam"

"insidious Islamists"

"a pluralistic interpretation of Islam"

"the ONLY real hope of reform for the Islamic world" (emphasis added)

What if the ultimate underlying question of the battle with Islamic terror in the name of Allah (and his prophet) is, What is our strategy if Islam is hopelessly unreformable?

If that's the question then those mentioned in this article who have the kind of thoughts quoted above are muddying the path to clarity of thought and, at the same time, undermining those in the article, like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ibn Warraq, who say the religion cannot be reformed.

In claiming that the focus of our energies, especially our political and intellectual energies, should be on 'reforming' the religion rather than working to either contain it in its toxic homelands or to destroy its moral legitimacy in the world, they produce a dangerous and debilitating division of effort.

This article should therefore perhaps have been divided into two sections, even though the common theme of both would be the assassination or threats of death requiring round-the-clock protection for all the brave individuals cited and described.

In the first section would be those who offer the above comments. In the second section would be those who make clear their belief that Islam cannot be reformed.

Then we would be getting closer to the clarity of thought and vision that we still so sadly lack.

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Arshad Durrani • Jun 12, 2016 at 13:08

Signs are ominous that radical, fanatical Islam is all across the west.The bloodshed in Orlando by a young man brought up in Florida is an ominous reminder. How was he radicalized to the extent of savagery? Indoctrination with promise of Jannah and virgin hoors as reward of killing, for purifying the society is widely believed to be motivating factor for many a young mind. Fighting and killing to establish the kingdom of Allah and sharia are widely believed by young Muslims who gleefully embrace 'martyrdom' for it's ultimate prize of untouched virgins as well as a permanent place in heaven as Allah's and prophet's chosen ones. Who are these people and what is their mental make-up to fall for these virtuous delusions?? This is a subject demanding an in-depth study so as to find a way to detect and sanitise them. With such a large influx of Muslim refugees into the western societies during the year, they ought to act fast, very fast.

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Jayell • Jun 12, 2016 at 13:05

"This rapidly growing army of Muslim dissidents.....aspire to practice their faith peacefully without submitting to the dictates of fundamentalists and fanatics..."

Sorry, but exactly how does a 'faith' (sic) that sees the world in terms of a 'House of War' and a 'House of Submission' conduct itself peacefully? Aggression and conflict is written into the veritable DNA of Islam, prescribed in its holy writ, and exemplified by the behaviour of its founder and its adherents throughout its gruesome history. And if the Qu'ran is supposed to be the Word of Allah and not open to question, how can one be a 'dissident' and still call oneself a Muslim?

Furthermore, according to our Western concept of a 'faith' as a strictly personal philosophy which informs but does not prescribe or control the minutiae of our behaviour or attitudes, and certainly does not set out to control society, how can we even call Islam a 'faith' at all? At best, it's a 'cult'; more accurately, it's an aggressive, anti-democratic totalitarian political ideology with a sham religious facade, and as such is in no way an ingredient for 'peace'. I think that our 'dissident' Muslim friends are either trying to fool themselves or us, or they are trying to 'have their cake and eat it'. Someone needs to have a serious word with them.

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Dee • Jun 12, 2016 at 12:50

These are very brave people indeed, and I admire every one. Sadly, they are no more able to speak the truth than we are, thanks to the death of free speech being used by those who are using the weapon of censorship for their own ends. That they should risk their lives to do so shows a courage we may all have to emulate before long.

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Walter • Jun 12, 2016 at 10:40

PC-Multi-Culti, the new mono culture !

Yes we need to be allies with all men of good will. PC multi-culturalism creates an ideological mono culture. This dangerous new breed of thought reform will endanger humanism and betrays Muslim reformers (dissidents) and persecuted Christians in the Middle East and our tolerant PC Western society as well.

We are witnessing a dangerous ideological script in social engineering and regardless whether it is driven by idealism or for self serving interests it will be propagated deceptively and trigger conflict and revolution and usher in a new autocratic order to address the vacuum of an ideological identity crisis. We are getting bullied into replacing our national ethnic identity by means of coercion and deception. Atheist communism is a failed global ideology and yet the left is still pursuing their egalitarian ambivalent agenda.

THE ENEMY IS WITHIN AND DRIVEN BY THE MIGRATION OF THOUGHT WHILE BEING EXPOSED TO LIES AND PROPAGANDA. SO HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON AND WAIT TO BECOME CULTURALLY EXTINCT.

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vivienne • Jun 12, 2016 at 09:11

May I just add a local hero in my own community Fahreem, who has remained open during Ramadan. He speaks about wisdom and reform and yesterday I took the trouble to wish him well over the fast. Yes must give as much support as we can to these free thinkers.

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Shelley • Jun 12, 2016 at 08:53

Thank you for this informative and truthful article. It is amazing how many dissidents from fanatic Islam there are, considering the risks that are involved. I hope the membership of this group continues to grow and that western countries help support all those brave men & women. There is power in numbers. I believe everyday citizens of western countries, including my own USA, should listen to or read what these modern Muslims are promoting and join in with their fight. It is our fight, too.

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Peter Hyatt • Jun 12, 2016 at 08:15

Islam is history's most successful criminal ideology. Islam is an ideology that is criminal and supremacist and orientated with sexual violence both in precept and precedent.

Yes, we should support them all and praise them for their courage. Sad that they have to run away only to avoid death.

Yet, nothing's going to change among the masses. They despise these people even the women who don't mind wearing the burqa in a hot country like India. AND it's not because their elders or spouses order them to do so. Converts are always more staunch.

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Iftikhar Ahmad • Jun 12, 2016 at 07:45

Islam is Islam. It is neither moderate nor extreme.

The beauty of Islam is that it is a religion which appeals to common sense. There is no blind belief or dogmatism in Islam. The fundamentals of Islam are simple, straightforward and easy to understand.

If Islam is so bad, then why is it the WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING RELIGION! It is also one of the youngest religions. However no matter how hard everyone tries to give Islam a bad name, it will be twice as more populated. So let's get straight to the point yeah?, Basically Islam is the most hated religion I don't know why hmm maybe because it is also the most fastest growing religion and 2nd largest but no one will be able to stop this religion from growing.

Islam is the fastest growing faith in Britain. Hundreds and thousands of Brits are reverting to Islam. By the middle of this century, over half of Brits would be Muslims.

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Harvey Iftikhar Ahmad • Jun 14, 2016 at 05:33

Hitler, the grand mufti's friend, had the same mindset. No one in the West will be dominated by any so-called religion that goes around butchering people just because they are of a different belief. It might be accepted behaviour in the Mid East but long-term the people will revolt and throw out the cowardly governments that appease these barbarians.

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Miles Hodgkiss • Jun 12, 2016 at 07:36

I agree in principle. Most people are content to lead quiet lives. Most people are content to be led by people who lead quiet lives. Most people leading a quiet life listens in abhorrence to the reports perpetuating inequality by force of arms from people or peoples who appear to have singled out their way of life for destruction .Most people resist factionalism. Most people seeing there is going to be a conflict shudder in horror. Most people when confronted by overwhelming force go under-ground to hide or resist it. Most people are traumatized by contact with physical violence. Most people when traumatized by the overwhelming force of obdurate authority seek redress by any and all means. It is a rare person who can heal the common hate. It is that rare person we should seek out and whose advise we should listen to. Why is that most people in the steering committee world don't do that ?

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Jeff Page • Jun 12, 2016 at 07:23

Even after Muslims themselves voice their concerns about the way Europe is being colonised by Muslims who don't agree with our way of life, the idiots in power feel it their duty to oppose what they say. Surely they would be better employed in listening to what they are saying rather than condemning them? The Muslims coming into Europe now are unable to vote for any of them so I must assume that they are once again displaying their cowardice by not supporting what these opponents of radical Islam are telling them. Or perhaps it's the same old lame excuse of not wanting to be branded an Islamophobe or racist for goodness sake!

Instead of employing these people to aid integration the elitists once again choose to create even more division. So much for common sense, something that many politicians suffer a great lack of these days. These same politicians are stupid enough to be taken in by the lies of the fanatics and yet can't see a good thing when it appears right in front of them! We are definitely doomed with this current batch of idiots in power!

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Ruth • Jun 12, 2016 at 06:16

Thanks for the marvellous reminder about the brave dissidents working for reform amongst their own people.

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Michael Waugh • Jun 12, 2016 at 06:01

I agree about supporting the decent Muslims and encouraging them to bring down the riffraff amongst them. However we must strengthen the UK barriers against all comers and assist Europe to do the same.

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